#li from the teashop

[m-jelly]

Hii There, I saw the requests list, and i wanted to ask if you could write a fic about Post- war Levi (if you confort with) and Fem!reader having a make out session? (Levi asked her for it because he was feeling needy) It was to be something casual and inocent (in some parts) but somehow they start with a hand here and there so ended up with both of them doing… YoU KnOw ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Comforting kisses

Pairing: Postwar Levi x Fem!Reader

Genre and tags: Canon world, love, romance, established couple, foreplay, soft smut, fluffy.

Concept: Levi is needy for your attention, so you start cuddling and kissing each other. Your kisses turn to touching and finally into soft gentle sex. Levi asks you if he can be on top and promises his knee is well enough because he desperately wants to make love to you.

@ladycheesington @levisbrat25 @li-anne @2moth-anon2 @youre-ackermine @thebobaprincess @cypidity @nyxiieluna @notgoodforlife @galactict3a @demonsimp6 @nbinairyn

Levi limped through the house looking for you. He wanted your love and affection, he needed your attention and desired your lips on his. He smiled when he heard you softly singing under your breath. He hurried along to the bedroom to see you putting away freshly cleaned clothes.

He stood in the doorway and felt a bit nervous asking for your attention, but he really craved it. Levi was very serious about you and his feelings for you. He'd hired you to help him in his small teashop and he'd fallen hard for you. He loved you deeply and the two of you moved fast in your relationship. Now, you were a month away from getting married.

"Love?"

You lifted up the last few clothes off the bed and smiled at Levi. "Hello, sweetie. Is everything okay?"

He shuffled over to you. "No."

You put the clothes away and turned to Levi. "No?"

He pouted. "No."

You reached over and played with his soft hair. "No? What's wrong?"

He lowered his head. "I missed you."

You hummed a laugh. "Bless you." You hugged Levi against your body. "You can come to me whenever you want. I'm always here for you."

"I um...I would like kisses."

You pulled Levi to the bed. "Let's get you off your feet then." You helped Levi onto the bed and pulled his slippers off. "Get comfy."

He wiggled in place and hummed. "Yes."

You climbed up and sat on his right side. "I love you."

Levi blushed at your words. "I love you too."

You cuddled up to Levi and captured his lips in a loving kiss. You rubbed his chest and smiled against his scarred lips. You softly kissed him again before nipping his lip and pushing your tongue into his mouth. You smiled when Levi sighed happily as your tongues moved together. You thought Levi was perfection, he was so soft, gentle and loving with you.

Levi wrapped both his arms around you and dragged you close to him. He sighed through his nose as he felt happy at having all your attention again. He squeezed you in delight as your scent washed over him. He was deeply in love with you and happy beyond words at being able to kiss you like this and hold you.

You pulled back a little and sighed. "Better?"

He whined a bit. "More, please?" Levi reached over and massaged your thigh with his left hand. "Only if you want to."

You caressed his cheek. "You're so sweet." You kissed Levi again and felt so happy.

Levi was so kind and sweet with you. He would ask for consent on every little thing, including just touching you or hugging you. You knew that Levi grew up around sex workers and saw how men could be with women. Levi wanted to do everything possible to make you feel comfortable. He was a pure and wonderful gentleman.

Levi pulled from your lips and panted. "C-Can I touch you?"

You kissed under his eye making him hum. "Yes. Can I touch you?"

He nodded shyly. "Please."

You unbuckled his belt and undid his trousers. You pushed your hand into his boxers and smiled as Levi let out a little whimper as soon as you touched him. You pulled his erection out of his boxers and trousers. You moved your hand up and down his thick member and smiled at his pink tip.

You kissed Levi's neck and smiled. "You're perfect."

Levi slid his left hand under your dress and pushed down into your underwear. "You're more perfect. I'm covered in scars and I'm full of faults."

You panted against his skin as he caressed you and parted your folds and coated his fingers in your arousal. You shivered as his fingers dragged up and moved against your clit. "Levi, you are precious to me. You have a big heart and a pure soul. You are the sweetest man I've ever known. I love you."

Levi grunted as your hand moved on him. He welled up a little at your words, you were always so loving and kind to him. You always showered him with love. He nuzzled your neck and sighed. "I love you too. You give me strength. You make me feel like a better man."

You kissed Levi and smiled at him. "You're better than you think."

He purred at you. "So are you. You're a Goddess."

You shivered as your coil tightened up. "I adore you, Levi." You moaned against his lips. "I can't wait to be Mrs Ackerman. You'll be all mine."

Levi chuckled. "Actually, you'll be mine." He moved his fingers a little faster on your clit. "All mine, no one else's."

You squeezed your toes. "Mm. Yes, Levi, all yours."

He nibbled the crook of your neck as he bucked a little into your hand. Your hand felt so perfect on his cock. Your hand was so soft and warm. You caressed him so perfectly making him feel like he was in pure heaven. He loved every inch of you and felt bliss whenever you touched him.

You tangled your fingers in Levi's hair and tugged. "A-Ah, mmm."

Levi licked your neck. "Cum for me. You're so pretty when you do."

You gasped and hugged Levi as you came against his fingers. "Mm, Levi."

Levi caressed your back with his right hand. "Good girl."

You pulled back and blushed. "Want to keep going?"

Levi blushed. "Y-Yes."

You slipped off the bed and removed everything but your bra. You climbed back up and straddled Levi. "Do you want your trousers off?"

He massaged your buttcheek. "Please. Oh, but my knee looks bad."

You kissed Levi lightly on the lips. "You're beautiful." You shuffled down the bed as you slowly pulled his trousers off. You leaned down and kissed his knee and thigh that was dotted with scars. "Beautiful."

Levi blushed. "Th-Thank you."

You slid up the bed and unbuttoned his shirt. "I will keep telling you that you are wonderful." You pushed his shirt open and caressed his muscles. "I deeply love you just the way you are."

Levi held your hips. "Thank you for loving me."

You knelt up a bit. "Thank you for loving me."

Levi moaned as you sank down on him. He shivered in delight and hummed a moment. He ran his hands up your body to your waist. "How can I not love you? You are magnificent."

You rolled your hips against Levi and lightly kissed his lips. You pushed your tongue into his mouth and hummed in happiness. You wrapped your arms around Levi and moved against him. You sighed in contentment at feeling his thick cock pressing your pussy in all the right places. He caressed the deepest parts of you.

Levi gripped your thighs and started pumping his cock up into you. He moaned against your lips as your walls massaged him and squeezed. He grunted as you rode him a little faster. He moved one hand to your front and began rolling your clit against his fingers. He smiled when you clenched him tightly.

You tapped your forehead against Levi's and smiled at him as you felt your coil tighten. "I love you." You crashed your lips against his. "I love you so much."

Levi mewled at you. "I love you too. My love, my darling, my everything."

You whimpered a little. "Levi."

"Let go, my love." He smiled. "Cum for me."

You hugged Levi's face against your breasts as you moved a little faster. You cried out as you felt the snap of pleasure burn through you. You bucked roughly against Levi as your orgasm burned through you. You relaxed a little as the orgasm became a gentle trickle going through you.

You sat on Levi and hummed. "Levi. I want you to cum. I'll keep going."

Levi blushed. "I want to be on top."

You rubbed Levi's upper arms. "Is your knee okay enough?"

He nodded. "Yes. I want this."

You pulled off Levi and lay back on the bed. "Okay. I'm ready."

Levi rolled over onto you and leaned on his okay knee. He leaned on his forearms on either side of your head and smiled at you. "Could you help?"

You nodded and pressed him back into you. You both sighed happily as he stretched you again. "Mm."

Levi kissed you. "Thank you."

You rubbed his back. "Slowly, okay?"

He nodded and grinded into you making you moan. "I've done this a few times. I can do it again." He purred at you. "I want to make love to you." He moved a little faster. "I want to spoil you."

You clung to Levi's back as you arched your back off the bed and moaned. "Levi."

Levi pressed his lips against yours and slipped his tongue into your mouth. He lowered his body against yours allowing you to feel each other. He moved against you and mewled in delight at being one with you. He shifted his arms and tangled his fingers with yours and held tightly. He felt complete that he was able to make love to you and let you be worshipped.

You wrapped your legs around Levi and melted under him. You often worried when he took the lead because of his bad knee, but as soon as he did start taking the lead he was perfection. Levi was always so delicate with your body. Levi made love to you like your body was the most precious thing in the world. You felt so loved and wanted by him.

You both started smiling and giggling as your hearts filled with love. You kissed each other now and then and gazed longingly into each other's eyes. You teased Levi a little by clenching around him and biting his lip a little and tugging. You gasped as he responded by pumping his cock into you a lot harder.

You cried out as he pressed himself deep into you over and over. You whimpered and whined as you felt on the cusp of your orgasm. You leaned your head back and moaned to the room. You closed your eyes as you felt your coil tighten up. You shivered under Levi and mewled as you felt the delicious snap and your orgasm rush through you.

Levi grunted and moaned as your walls caressed his cock. He released your hands and wrapped his arms around your body and held on tightly. He bucked into you but his movements were sloppy. He moaned your name against your ear as he felt the urge to cum building up.

Levi whimpered your name and pressed deep into you as he came hard. He shivered and moaned as his cum spilt into your pussy and filled you. He panted and hummed before relaxing against you. He nuzzled the crook of your neck and felt happiness spread through him at being one with you.

You massaged your fingers in Levi's hair. "Levi? Are you okay? How is your knee?"

Levi lifted his head. "I'm wonderful. I want to go again."

You giggled at how sweet he was with a gentle blush on his cheeks. "Cute."

"Are you okay?"

You rubbed your hand against his cheek. "I'm amazing. You were perfect." You kissed him and sighed. "I would love to go again, but we need to clean and you need to rest your knee."

Levi pulled out of you and shuffled down a bit before lying his head on your chest. "Mm, not yet."

You played with his hair. "Levi Ackerman not wanting to clean?"

He laughed. "Yeah." He looked up at you. "I just want to be with you."

You shuffled down the bed and lay on your side and faced him. "I love being with you."

He smiled at you as he lightly touched your cheek. "I love you."

"I love you."

He smiled and nuzzled his nose against yours. "I love you."

You giggled. "I love you."

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[cryptotheism]

Ok, so here's the question I've been thinking about: in the venn diagram between "wizard" and "conman" how big is the overlap? Like, Blavatsky is definitely all conwoman, no wizard. And Dee is all wizard, no conman. But a lot of the wizardiest wizards, Rasputin, Crowley, etc, are definitely also 100% conmen, and lots of the conniest conmen, like LRH or the guy who invented chiropractic, are also 100% wizards. So is "wizard" like almost a subset of "conman"? Or is it just that wizards only tend to get famous if they're also good at grifting? Or is it just that fooling people is important to both skillsets, so they tend to overlap? I offer you the snowflakes that fell on my sweater while I walked home from the teashop this morning.

Let's say you have a religious philosophy professor who likes to do psychedelics. Oftentimes, Wizards are what happens when that guy realizes he can make a lot of money by telling rich people that they're the reincarnation of a Pharaoh. For some people, that's better than the rat race of university grant chasing.

Sometimes that guy was doing magic stuff before the con, sometimes the con is part of the magic, sometimes the magic arises out of the con.

I'm of the opinion that magic is 50% theatrics. If you're already telling dramatic lies because it lets you meditate harder, you might as well sell tickets to some rich weirdos.

[atlaculture]

Hi, I love your work and was wondering if you've done a post breaking down Earth Kingdom clothing inspiration and what the pieces are called. I'm writing a fanfiction and having a hard time finding info. Thanks!

The thing about the Earth Kingdom is that it's the most populated and diverse of the four nations in-universe. Meaning that each area of the Earth Kingdom has its own unique flavor. Some places are based off of specific Chinese dynasties, others around the various ethnic minorities of China, and some are other Asian cultures entirely.

Ba Sing Se's aesthetic is based off of the later years of China's Qing Dynasty (1636-1912):

The Cultures of Avatar: The Last Airbender | Cultural Fashion: Ba Sing Se Queues (tumblr.com)

The Cultures of Avatar: The Last Airbender | Cultural Fashion: Zuko's Teashop Outfit (tumblr.com)

The Cultures of Avatar: The Last Airbender | Cultural Fashion: Ba Sing Se Headdresses (tumblr.com)

The Cultures of Avatar: The Last Airbender | Cultural Fashion: The Dai Li (tumblr.com)

The Cultures of Avatar: The Last Airbender | Cultural Fashion: Royal Earthbender Guards (tumblr.com)

Toph's family and background are meant to appear refined and wealthy so their look is based off of the later years of China's opulent Tang Dynasty (618-907):

The Cultures of Avatar: The Last Airbender | Cultural Fashion: Toph’s Fancy Dress (tumblr.com)

The Cultures of Avatar: The Last Airbender | Cultural Fashion: Toph’s Sleepwear (tumblr.com)

The Cultures of Avatar: The Last Airbender | Cultural Fashion: Toph’s Hairstyle (tumblr.com)

Bumi likes to wear Chinese opera clothing and his character is broadly inspired by Lu Bu of the Three Kingdoms Period (220-280):

The Cultures of Avatar: The Last Airbender | Cultural Fashion: Bumi (tumblr.com)

Kyoshi Island is Heian & Edo period Japan mixed with Ainu culture:

The Cultures of Avatar: The Last Airbender | Cultural Fashion: Kyoshi Headbands (tumblr.com)

The Cultures of Avatar: The Last Airbender | Cultural Fashion: Kyoshi Makeup (tumblr.com)

The Cultures of Avatar: The Last Airbender | Cultural Fashion: Kyoshi’s Hair & Clothes (tumblr.com)

The Cultures of Avatar: The Last Airbender | Cultural Fashion: Kyoshi Warriors Uniform (tumblr.com)

The Cultures of Avatar: The Last Airbender | Cultural Fashion: Kyoshi Islanders Fashion Pt. 1 -... (tumblr.com)

The Cultures of Avatar: The Last Airbender | Cultural Fashion: Kyoshi Islanders Fashion Pt. 2 -... (tumblr.com)

When Zuko and Iroh are on the run in the EK, they encounter a Vietnamese town and a Korean village:

The Cultures of Avatar: The Last Airbender | Cultural Anatomy: “The Swamp” Episode (tumblr.com)

The Cultures of Avatar: The Last Airbender | Cultural Architecture: Song’s Village (tumblr.com)

The tribes of the Si Wong Desert are North African crossed with Mongolian:

The Cultures of Avatar: The Last Airbender | Cultural Fashion: Sandbenders (tumblr.com)

Chong and Lily (Secret Tunnel Hippies) wear Tibetan and Hmong clothing, respectively:

The Cultures of Avatar: The Last Airbender | Cultural Fashion: Chong (tumblr.com)

The Cultures of Avatar: The Last Airbender | Cultural Fashion: Lily (tumblr.com)

The refugee family with the pregnant wife is inspired by Yi people:

The Cultures of Avatar: The Last Airbender | Cultural Fashion: Serpent’s Pass Refugees Pt. 1 (tumblr.com)

The Cultures of Avatar: The Last Airbender | Cultural Fashion: Serpent’s Pass Refugees Pt. 2 (tumblr.com)

And, with the exception of culturally isolated areas like Ba Sing Se/Si Wong Desert/Omashu/Kyoshi/Foggy Swamp, most men in the EK wear their hair in Taoist topknots:

The Cultures of Avatar: The Last Airbender | Cultural Fashion: Earth Kingdom Top Knots (tumblr.com)

So the sort of clothing your characters will be wearing in the EK depends on where in the country they are or are from. If you plan on inventing a new setting that takes place in the Earth Kingdom, try to choose a culture and period that reflects the mood or theme you're trying to get across.

#replies #earth kingdom

[soopersara]

Respite

Zutara Week 2023: Day 5

Read it on AO3 | @zutaraweek

At the Western Air Temple, Zuko and Katara can't stop arguing. But at night, to let the others sleep, they go by different rules.

“Can’t sleep?”

“No. You?”

Zuko shakes his head. “Still not used to the snoring. I thought my uncle was bad, but between Sokka and Aang, there’s never a quiet moment after sunset.”

He’s lying. Katara has heard him jerk out of sleep enough times to know that he has nightmares, and she suspects that he’s noticed the same about her. But they’ve come to an understanding by now—they may not be friends, but after dark, they don’t have to be.

They don’t argue. That might wake the others.

They don’t ask too many questions. That might make them argue.

It feels like a delicate balance sometimes, but their nighttime truce hasn’t failed them yet. By now, it’s beginning to feel natural.

“The snoring doesn’t bother me too much. You get used to that pretty quickly when you grow up in a tent.” She peers at him from the corner of her eye. “I’m less used to Toph kicking me in her sleep.”

If he recognizes the lie, he gives no sign of it. Instead, he gestures toward the empty space farther down the terrace. “I made enough tea for two cups if you want some.” He raises his cup enough to give its contents a sniff, and his mouth pulls to the side. “It’s—probably a little better than last time.”

“Did you make two cups deliberately, or did you just forget how much water you needed?”

A shrug. “Possibly both. I think I used too many tea leaves last time, so extra water has to be an improvement. Right?”

She perches an arm’s length away from him, allowing her legs to dangle over the edge. “You taste it first. If it’s better than last time, then I’ll think about having a cup.”

“Fair enough.” He doesn’t immediately taste the tea, opting instead to look out over the moonlit valley while the cup steams gently in his hands. “Did I ever tell you that I’ve been here once before?”

“No. But I guess I’m not really surprised.”

She looks downward too, her eyes tracing over the ribbons of mist forming along the rivers and streams in the jungle below. He’s been traveling more than three times as long as she has. After so much time, it’s no wonder that his path has folded back on itself.

“Is everything the way you remember it?” she asks. So long as she doesn’t look his way, she finds that she doesn’t mind his conversation. He is more soft-spoken, more thoughtful than she usually gives him credit for, and if she doesn’t meet his eyes, the anger that would ordinarily roil inside of her lies dormant.

“Mostly. And not at all.” Zuko pauses for a sip of tea, frowns in thought, then pours a second cup and passes it her way.

Katara shoots him a sideways glance before accepting the cup. “What’s that supposed to mean?”

“I mean the temple hasn’t changed very much, but—I don’t know. I guess I look at things differently now.”

Her hands clench, and she drags her eyes down toward the valley again. It’s nighttime. As frustrated and angry as she might be, she can’t argue with him now. Not when it could wake the others.

Still, a sharp tinge of bitterness finds its way into her voice. “Why? Because you’ve just changed so much?”

If her tone bothers him, Zuko doesn’t show it much. Dryly, he says, “I’m taller than I was last time I came here. And I can see out of both eyes since I don’t have half my face wrapped up in bandages.” A pause, and when he resumes, his voice is softer than before. “I am different now. You don’t have to believe me if you don’t want to, but I have changed. Maybe not as much as I should, but at least being alone with my thoughts sucks less than it used to.”

“Hmpf.” Rather than responding immediately, she takes a swallow of tea. Though the flavor isn’t spectacular—it never is when Zuko brews it—the tea is at least pleasant enough to drink. Pleasant enough that she can hardly complain about it, even jokingly. She’s had worse in dozens of small village teashops. “I’m still waiting for you to prove that.”

“I know. I’m trying.”

She spares him another sideways glance. The fact that he always manages to sound, to look so earnest unnerves her a little. She doesn’t want to believe him, to trust him, but at the moment, she can’t convince herself that he’s lying. At the very least, he believes what he’s saying.

Maybe that quiet conviction is the problem. Why is it that he can be so certain when she doesn’t know what to believe anymore? It doesn’t seem fair. She’s been on the right side all along. She ought to know who she can trust by now. Zuko shouldn’t have this sort of clarity when he’s only just realized that his nation is in the wrong.

Katara leans back on her hands. She isn’t going to argue with him, but she refuses to give him credit for any clarity either. They have their truce, and if the only way she can maintain it without ceding any ground is to change the subject, that is exactly what she’ll have to do.

“Of all the Air Temples I’ve seen so far, I think I like this one best. The others felt so much—emptier than this one.”

For a few seconds, she can feel Zuko’s gaze on the side of her face, but then he turns forward again. “I get that. The northern and southern temples are so high up that they almost feel untouchable. Like they’re so far away from everything else that no one should be able to reach them.”

“What about the eastern temple? What’s that one like?”

He glances her way again. “You haven’t been there?”

She shakes her head. “The others left me behind in Ba Sing Se when Aang went to visit.”

“Oh.” His voice is almost impossibly soft, and he presses his lips together briefly before clearing his throat. By the weight of the silence, she suspects that he knows exactly when that visit was, exactly what being left behind led her into. “I’ve only been there once myself. It was—more open than the northern or southern temples, I guess. Spread out across a few different mountaintops, and I guess the extra space just made it feel different.”

“Hmm.” She exhales and takes another sip of tea. “I wonder if I’ll ever get the chance to see it.”

“I’m sure you will, someday.”

“What, are you some kind of optimist now?”

He shrugs. “You and the others have always managed to find a way before. I don’t see why this would be any different.”

Katara narrows her eyes. The same ember of frustration that has been sitting in her core flares up again, but this time, she can’t quite manage to contain it. “Oh, so that’s it? You decided to join us because you were tired of being on the losing side?”

“What?” His brows furrow.

“You keep telling us that you’re just here to do the right thing. I don’t think that’s true. If you really wanted to do the right thing, you could have started a long time ago.”

They’ve tread this ground before. She knows what’s coming—he’ll insist, yet again, that he’s trying to be a better person, then she’ll push back, and the cycle will go on. They’ll argue over and over, and it will never end unless he gives up or finds a way to finally change her mind.

The trouble is that even she doesn’t know what that might take.

There is a sort of melancholy that comes over his face, and his shoulders hunch. “I’ve been telling you the truth.”

A bitter laugh claws its way up her throat. “You keep saying that. Do you really think repeating yourself is helping anything?”

The tired defeat in his eyes feels like it should break her resolve, but Zuko just shakes his head and looks out over the valley again. “You don’t have to believe me if you don’t want to.”

“You really don’t get it, do you? I do have to believe you. Everyone here is my family, and if you’re going to be around them, I have to trust that you’re not going to hurt them. And—” Despite her best efforts, her voice begins to wobble. “And I can’t trust you.”

“Oh.”

For what feels like a long time, that is all Zuko says. She thinks she sees his hand hover hesitantly toward her shoulder once or twice, but he never quite makes contact. She can’t decide if that’s better or worse. He cares enough to want to comfort her—or enough that he wants to make it look that way—but he’s either too disingenuous or too frightened of her to actually try.

“It was you,” Zuko says at long last, not quite looking her way.

“Excuse me?” She can still feel the heat in her own voice, and she stares daggers at him.

He clears his throat. “The other reason I came here. I mean—I did want to help. I still do. But—” He looks down into his teacup. “I had to leave home. By the end, Father just wanted to see the rest of the world burn, and I was tired of walking on eggshells to keep him from turning me into an example for everyone else.”

That figures, she wants to tell him. He’s the son of the Fire Lord. Sooner or later, life with his own family was bound to become too painful, too dangerous to bear. But the fact that he had no choice but to flee does nothing for his trustworthiness.

Zuko isn’t finished yet. With a sigh, he rubs his eyes with the heel of his hand. “It took me a while to realize that I couldn’t run away unless I had somewhere else to go. But as soon as I did, I thought about what you said to me in the catacombs, and—I guess I felt like I’d finally found my place.”  

Her temper spikes. Maybe he’s telling the truth, or maybe he’s not, but it doesn’t really matter. True or not, the idea that he’s here because of her just hurts.

She slaps her teacup down and pushes back from the edge of the terrace. “Don’t say that. Don’t you dare act like what happened in the catacombs mattered to you.”

Zuko rises just a moment after her. “Katara—”

She starts marching back toward her own room. If she has to stew in there alone for the rest of the night, she will. Anything to stop this conversation.

“Do you remember what you said to me?”

She fixes her eyes straight ahead. Just keep walking. Sooner or later, he has to give up.

“You told me that you thought I’d changed. And I had, a little. But now things just keep changing, and if I can’t stop that, I want to at least have some say in where I’m going.” He pauses, almost like he’s hoping that she’ll turn to face him again. “You thought I could be a better person. I wasn’t back then, and maybe I still haven’t gotten there. But I want to. Whoever you thought I could be back in Ba Sing Se—I’m still trying to figure out how to be that person.”

Katara stops walking, and her hands tighten involuntarily into fists. She wants to believe him. That fact surprises her more than she wants to admit. A person like him, like the better version of him, would make everything better. He could take an immense weight of responsibility off of her shoulders if only his change was real.

Maybe if she could shake free from the mistrust that has gripped her for so long, she would find that it is. That Zuko really is better now.

“Please,” he adds, voice soft. His footsteps come just a little closer, angling to one side where he can make out her face in profile. “I just want to know what I’m still doing wrong. I’ll fix it all if I can, I just need to know where to start.”

She shakes her head. “Nowhere. Don’t you get it? You aren’t doing anything wrong, it’s just—” Her voice wavers, then breaks. “It’s just that I believed you once before. I don’t think I could take it if I messed up and trusted the wrong person again.”

With one last, surprisingly light step, Zuko comes close enough to touch her shoulder, and this time, she feels the soft, warm weight of his hand. “You weren’t the one who messed up in Ba Sing Se.”

Though she is still both furious and hurt, she can’t help but lean into him. “What difference does it make whomessed up? I almost lost one of my closest friends. And I did lose someone else who I wanted to be my friend.”

She can only see him from the corner of her eye, but he appears briefly stunned by her candor. Then, instead of retreating as she expects, he offers her a tentative hug. “I’m not going anywhere this time. Not unless you want me to. If you ever decide to give me another chance, I promise I’ll be right here waiting.”

#zutara #zutara fanfiction #zutara week #zutaraweek #zutara week 2023 #zutaraweek2023 #Respite #soopersara's scribbles

[allgremlinart]

haiiiiii friend can you explain jianzhu to me I keep seeing you post about them and I’m nosy and wanna know (<- stopped watching atla bc I realized zutara was never gonna be canon)

also jetko. can you explain jetko too (I’m thinking they’re more on the ghostbat spectrum where it’s like. intense friendship that left both emotionally scarred for the rest of their lives)

TEEHEE HEEHE HEE <- me when I get the opportunity to explain/infodump cross-fandom stuff to mutuals

ok so Jianzhu... ahhh Jianzhu... ((SPOILERS for anyone reading the Kyoshi novels))

This is Jianzhu and also like... probably one of maybe 4 canon images/art there is of him... he's not from the original cartoon he's from the Avatar Kyoshi spin-off novels that take place abt 400 yrs before the events of the show (idk how much you know abt atla lore from osmosis so this might get a little tedious? I'm just gonna explain as succinctly as possible.)

To be brief, he's a cunty old man. But unlike when I call, say, Minhkhoa a cunty old man it's not really loving ... its more like... I love to hate him. He's a REALLY good villain.

He's a politician. He made 500 people dig their own graves and then buried them alive. He beheaded his friend of like 20+ years. He drugs and kidnaps teenagers. etc. It's great.

His whole character arc is like... He's in control. You start off the book and he is very clearly in control, and he knows what he's doing, and he even sounds halfway reasonable sometimes but over the course of the novel he gets more and more desperate to grab hold of a situation that spirals wildly away from him and you get to watch it happen. His justifications for his actions get crazier, he gets sloppier and sloppier with his murders....

OH also you know how sometimes people think Bruce is some callous asshole who was only using his adoptive son who worshipped him as a weapon, and when he died he quickly sought to replace him without remorse ? Yeah he's like that but. Like actually this time. His dead adoptive son also then comes back after eating an eyeball in the spirit world (idk) and kills him by pressing a pebble through his sternum so. More successful than Jason at patricide I'd say. Look there's a lot I didn't cover, here's his wiki.

ok Jetko... ah... the ancient yaoi..

Important required reading before I explain this ship is this post. What you have to understand about Zuko is that for basically like... 40 episodes the only person he shares significant screen time with is his uncle so when him and Jet met in s2 and had a decent 3 episodes worth of interactions ... it was enough, lets just say that.

The basic Jetko timeline is they meet on a ferry while Zuko and his Uncle are disguised as refugees and they steal food together -> Jet tries to get Zuko (who he only ever knows as "Li") to join his emo band gang which Zuko refuses -> Jet sees Uncle Warcrimes heating his tea and correctly deduces that they are firebenders (ie not who they say they are; the enemy) -> Zuko and his Uncle work in a tea shop while Jet stalks them and steals things from their house and watches them from behind clotheslines (yeah) -> Jet confronts them in the teashop, sword fight, Jet gets arrested and brainwashed by the secret police (yeah) -> Jet dies under a lake which Zuko only finds out about a season later.

So they never had the 4 years of intense homoerotic cohabitation that ghostbat had,.. their chemistry and potential are pretty much instigated by a few of Jet's weird intense lines, such as "As soon as I saw your scar I knew exactly who you were - you're an outcast, like me." And the crux of the ship is like.. Jet both does and doesn't know who Zuko is.

He knows he is also angry and restless, like himself - he knows he is running from his past, like himself - and he knows he is going to Ba Sing Se to create a new identity. These things are all true, for both of them; what Jet doesn't know is that Zuko is from the imperialist nation that brutally murdered his parents and invaded his home and he incorrectly assumes that the anger he recognizes in Zuko stems from the same need to enact violence on those who have taken everything from him.

So I guess the "thought you were exactly like me but then I found out you're not which enrages and humiliates me so know I'm going to beat the shit out of you" thing from BTK no. 6 is something they share with ghostbat but.. Jet's anger is probably a little more justified than Minhkhoa's lol...

In conclusion it's your basic "doomed relationship/they work great together but that doesn't fix anything" ship premise. It used to be more popular back in the day... pretty sure I owe my life to maybe 3 different Taiwanese/Chinese doujin artists from 2009... yeah that's the gist of it.

#wow it is harder than I thought to explain atla lore without like. ACTUALLY explaining atla lore (because trust me that would take too long) #also I'm literally so tortured and enthralled by the end of that first sentence North. its so funny to me but I'm so lost. #how did u hear about z/tara ?? why was it the crux of your interest in the show ?? when was this ?? but also yeah like I've said before #that ship is queerbaiting for straight pairings sdshdsh so you weren't the only one #allgremlinasks #atla #jianzhu #jetko #north tag

[radiantanor]

Can you imagine if Zuko hadn’t shown Uncle Iroh the Appa flyer and Uncle had just stayed home. How the whole stealing the Avatar’s bison plan would go?

First Zuko removes Appa’s chains (except for like two chains for steering). He knows that you have to say yip-yip by now, and Appa has no problem letting him climb on, they take off… The moment they are above the lake Zuko notices that he has a) nowhere to take Appa and b) no way to steer him away from the Gaang, whom Appa is currently flying towards at top speed.

The Gaang are delighted to see Appa rescuing them from the Dai Li, and then they notice the still-disguised Blue Spirit clinging to his back. And only Aang knows who the that is. Sokka and Katara are like ‘the Blue Spirit, of the Wanted Posters? Wanted mostly for crimes against the Fire Nation? Noice.’ Then Detective Sokka asks if he is even the real Blue Spirit or a copycat, because what are the chances of the original ending up in Ba Sing Se, so far from his first appearances, right?

Meanwhile Aang has been making his classic ‘I’m not mentioning something that I really should’-faces, and huh, what Sokka says makes sense. He kind of wants to believe it too, seeing as they’re about to storm the palace and there would be no time to deal with Zuko, if he were here. So hopefully it isn’t him! (He is still ready to protect his friends from maybe-Zuko at a moment’s notice, of course.)

Anyway, Zuko manages to keep his mouth shut (the Blue Spirit disguise kinda helps with that), and he reluctantly has to admit that fighting the whole Team Avatar right now might not work out super well, but he also can’t just leave and try again tomorrow. And that’s how Zuko gets dragged along when they depose Long Feng and tell Kuei about the war...

He gets home in the evening and has to explain to his worried Uncle that he has technically helped the Avatar with a coup. The Blue Spirit is officially an Earth Kingdom hero now and has been invited to join the Earth King’s personal security. He doesn’t even have to take the mask off or talk (they can give him some paper to write when they really need to ask some questions) because Kuei doesn’t realize that isn’t exactly normal hiring practises for royal security. It’s still a prime information-gathering opportunity, though. Yes, he knows it’s dangerous and he even told the Earth King (in writing) that he has to work for his uncle and that’s how you were invited to serve tea to the Earth King, Uncle! (For real this time.) (Safety concerns are suddenly a lot less important to Iroh.)

(This is the best case scenario – worst case, the Gaang realize who he is, kick his ass, and later they tell the Earth King he has infiltrated Ba Sing Se and now the City Guard, the Dai Li and maybe the Army are searching for him. Fortunately they don’t know where he lives, but fat chance of being able to work at the new Upper Ring teashop with Uncle.)

#atla #zuko #the gaang #avatar the last airbender #this was supposed to end after like the 5th sentence it got as out of control as zuko's plans #i thought of this after seeing a post about if zuko had not shown iroh the flacer and iroh had seen another later #and decided to resce appa himself not realizing that he would run into zuko there #and ofc i can't find that post anymore

[jessfandrawer]

Have any Jinko headcanons 👀?

Hmm, no one's really asked for my headcanons before... 🤔 Apologies if this runs long. It's mostly Jin's side of things too, since we know a lot about Zuko already.

Jin is technically a war refugee, but was too young to remember much about fleeing to Ba Sing Se. In her mind, she'd never truly lived anywhere else. She'd never met a firebender before "Li" (Lee?), and hadn't had any bad experiences with the Fire Nation (that she remembered) until Azula seized control of the city.

The one, short AtLA comic where Jin appeared is not canon to me; I don't think they saw each other again before the war ended. Jin was hurt by Zuko running off, so she stayed away from the teashop. When she had the courage to go back, "Li" and "Mushi" no longer worked there. She dated around a bit, had one or maybe 2 serious relationships, but always found herself comparing them to that one memorable date.

Jin found out who Zuko really was by seeing an illustration of his face on a news bulletin or announcement poster. This comic I drew happens.😆 Zuko convinces the Earth King to make the Firelight Fountain a protected landmark.

After they officially decide to date (unless you take the reunite as elders after a lifetime apart track), they keep it secret until having what amounts to a "vacation-only relationship" wears on them. Zuko then invites Jin to stay at the Fire Palace for a spell. She loves it, but struggles to be accepted by the Fire Nation upper-crust (she wins them over). As Fire Lady, I think her strengths would be: diplomacy (with the Earth Kingdom especially), supporting refugees and impoverished citizens, and helping the Fire Lord loosen up.

Jin takes on many different jobs across her young adult years, but eventually decides to become a ceramics artist. Zuko helps with her pieces sometimes.🔥

As a final aside, I don't ascribe to the "Jin is Mako and Bolin's grandmother" theory. For one, her name is Yin, not Jin, and remembering Jin's name is as easy as popping on Tales of Ba Sing Se. If the LoK production team truly intended for them to be the same person, there's no excuse for the name mix up. And secondly, being a wildly devoted Earth Kingdom royalist is not the future I'd prefer for Jin.

Thanks for asking, @pedanticat ! Most of this isn't very cute, whoops.😅

#jinko #atla jin #asks #headcanons #jessrambledrawer #jin x zuko #zuko x jin

[longtimenospooning-luci]

Yoongi:

Updated 01/20/24

Desolate - @angelicyoongie

you just wanted a cute little normal cat to keep you company. so you’re not really sure how you ended up with the grumpiest hybrid on earth that seems hellbent on making your life difficult.

Only Yesterday - @borathae

"Your life in a small countryside village was nothing of the extraordinary, you owned a quaint little teashop, enjoyed warm evenings in your garden and liked taking walks by the river. One day a handsome stranger moves in the abandoned cottage opposite side of the river and it is not long that he becomes a source of comfort in your life.”

Only for You - ^^

“Yoongi likes to pretend that he only lets you fuck him because you are the one who wanted it. You are hellbound on showing him that you have long seen past his lies.”

License to Steal - @broiunno

Min Yoongi is your new protection detail upon your return to your father’s side after being sent away during a bloody gang war. Now the dust has settled, you’ve been called back to your old controlled life, and leaving you an unwilling participant in your family’s plans. You don’t know what they are but you are no longer willing to be the obedient, protected daughter.

Highway to You - @btsmosphere

Yoongi never expected to see you again. Least of all with a gun in your hand, crashing an important deal in a whirlwind which proves how much has changed.

Call Me Naïve - @btsrunmylife

You and Yoongi have never exactly gotten along. Truthfully, this wouldn’t be such an issue if you didn’t work together. But there have been far too many times when his sarcastic comments have rubbed you the wrong way. His most recent shenanigan might just be the icing on the cake, especially because you know absolutely nothing about it until it’s too late. What’s worse is he’s gotten his friend involved, a friend you happen to get along with rather well — maybe too well. Yoongi’s intentions really weren’t to drive you away. His curiosity merely got the best of him. But now…he’s woven an intricate mess he can’t get out of. And he can’t help but wonder, will this be the thing that finally pushes you over the edge?

Fix You - @casuallyimagining

When you take in a stray cat, you have no idea he’s secretly a hybrid trying to escape his past. Can you help him heal?

Home - ^^

Sequel to Fix You

The Lonely Hearts Club - @cinnaminsvga

social media au where y/n and yoongi are mutuals but they’re constantly at each other’s throats for reasons unknown (aka emotional constipation)

From the Ashes - @fortunexkookie

Someone is sobbing ugly, wrecked sounds that shatter the silence in the room. You need them to stop; it’s distracting and you need to focus. You need to clean the ash from his skin. You need to comb the knots from his hair. You need to dress his beautiful body in something befitting the king you know he is… but the sobbing is too loud, and your vision is blurry. It takes Yoongi wiping your tears away for you to realize that the gasping cries echoing off the stone are coming from you.

Tip of the Iceberg - ^^

Oh, that Min boy? He’s a sweetheart, of course. Jimin said something about him getting into a new relationship with someone, but he hasn’t brought her by yet, so I can’t be sure. I just hope this one sticks around, he’s really so much more than he first seems to be. All those tattoos and whatnot, people tend not to notice that he’s really just so caring and gentle. You know he works at one of those stuffed animal stores in his free time? The ones with the dancing and the hearts and picking out your new best friend kind of theme. Ah, what a nice boy. I hope he has a good holiday. I’ll have to ask Jimin how it goes.

Asphodel - @hayjeon

hades!yoongi and persephone!reader.

Maybe I'm a Little Dangerous, Maybe Love is Too - @hollyhomburg

Rare soulmate marks don’t guarantee that you find your soulmate easily, and when your soulmate is the head of a mafia, being together will never be easy either…

Of Fire and Love - ^^ (ABSOLUTE FAV!!!!)

When Dragon Yoongi finds baby Jungkook in the wreckage of a house he burned down, he can’t bring himself to kill the child. Months after someone drops off a baby at your door, you start to notice something- or someone, lurking at the edge of the woods.

Stuck Together - @jeonvely

when the pandemic first started, you never thought you’d have to stay quarantined in your apartment with yoongi, one of your roommate’s friends and a guy you’ve never met. and you definitely did not expect you’d end up falling for him.

Souvenir - @jiminrings

Shouldn't this be the part where you tell him not to stay out too late? (Alternatively, yoongi thinks you hate him because you don't coddle him after a fight.)

Perpetual Datejust - ^^

When the general public hears the name Min Yoongi, they know him as the world-famous model who's beyond talented in his craft. When the modeling industry hears the name Min Yoongi, they remember you: his resolute, firm, and sometimes rude manager who always puts Yoongi's best interests at heart - no matter what. (Alternatively, you're Yoongi's manager and for the first time ever, you take a break away from him.)

Worshipers of the Stars - @jimlingss

The universe was created with four gods to rule and watch over it. But when you take the crown and become god of all gods, what the future holds is something you never wanted to know.

Inheritance - @jincherie

After your grandmother passed she left everything to you. Her house, her fortune, and apparently… her cat? The grumpy male hybrid you encounter at her house is anything but the tame housecat you’d expected to find. Fulfilling your grandmother’s last request to look after him becomes a lot harder when he seems to be avoiding you, and your dissatisfied relatives start stirring up trouble.

Budapest - @junghelioseok

Secret Agent AU!

Suit & Tie - @jungshookz

Your new boss makes you want to drive a letter-opener right into your eyeball. (CEO AU!)

Technologically in Love - ^^

Hello, I am M1N Y00NGI, your personal human mind model adaptive super android.

Hellish - ^^

Demon AU! Pink Himalayan sea salt can't help you now.

Basketball Captain!Yoongi - ^^

Min Yoongi - Captain of the basketball team. y/l/n y/n - water girl.

Baby you can Drive my Car - ^^

Welcome to Min Mechanics - what can I do for you today, doll?

Carnival - @justcallmenikki7

you and your boyfriend, Min Yoongi, go to the local Carnival.

Happier - ^^

in which, you want to make yoongi happier. (By letting him go.)

How to Save a Life - ^^

Angst, read the warnings first please!

Reassurance - ^^

Your boyfriends worries sets Suga, his alter ego, and you are the only one who can reassure him that you are never going to leave.

Be my Baby - @kimnjss

when the love of his life suddenly vanishes, he drives himself mad looking for her. seemingly erased from the world, he’s forced to pick up the pieces of his life and move on… fast forward three years and someone who looks a lot like the woman he lost is being spotted, holding a kid with an oddly familiar gummy smile…

Cyberslut - ^^

he has no idea who you are… up front, you’re sweet and innocent - but in reality you’re the exact opposite. running your own nsfw account, where your favorite topic is his hands.

Cold Shoulder - @kookiesbuckethat

Yoongi suddenly starts giving you the cold shoulder, causing you to distance yourself from him and the rest of the members. But the reason behind his behavior is not what you think.

Row AQ - @kpopfanfictrash

"If I die, I'm going to haunt your ass." + Library AU!

Min Yoongi, Library Services - ^^

When you accept the offered research position at Bangtan University, you are well aware of your partner's prestige. The only problem is - so is he.

Fury of their Scales - @kpopisthereasonihavenolife

a world of dragons, demons, devils, gods and ghouls- humans were of small number. you’ve lived on the outskirts of your human village in the woods ever since you could remember. living alone in a small cabin with nothing but woodland trees, ponds, lakes and animals was like a small paradise- with the occasional bump in the road. as someone who’s studied and experimented with nature to make all sorts of concoctions- your home was ideal. it didn’t matter that your village didn’t like it or that they rejected your life of medicine. what did matter, however, was the dragon stuck in a trap not too far from your home that you just discovered.

Seeing You Again - @lachimolala7

Soft Mafia Yoongi!

The Mark of Yun-Ki - @ladyartemesia

For a thousand years the tiger god Yun-Ki has marked the heirs of the Min Empire and thus only a marked heir can inherit the throne. When the beautiful daughter of the Min Emperor’s loyal warlord rescues a mysterious tiger hybrid from the imperial prison, she unleashes a secret that the throne would kill to protect. The young emperor claims to be the chosen heir… but who really bears the Mark of Yun-Ki?

Okay Bloomer - @luxekook

in which the reader visits a flower shop on her way home from work to treat herself to a flower and then keeps returning just to interact with the shop’s cute tsundere floral assistant. the last thing she expects is to see him ~spitting hot fire~ and looking hot as sin at her friend’s music event. how is she supposed to get flowers in peace now?

Intimidation - ^^

in which you think Yoongi is intimidating because of his dark clothing and his quiet ‘don’t give a fuck’ attitude… but then someone makes him laugh and you watch as his face lights up in the cutest gummy smile complete with shining eyes and blushing cheeks and BOOM you’re whipped for that boy

Intensity - ^^

sequel to intimidation. in which yoongi is intense in every facet of their relationship, except one… and the reader is on a mission to find out why.

Playing for Keeps - @namjoonxorg

“Our best friends are dating, but you’re still the spawn of Satan.”

Spilled Coffee - ^^

This never would’ve happened if we hadn’t have met!”

Bullet Holes and Blush - ^^

Hi!! I really like your writing and I saw that your request are open! I wanted to know of you did any BTS maf au! And if yes, can I get a Bts maf au x reader where all of them are in the mafia (duh 😂) and she comes back from a mission or place injured and their super worried? It doesn’t need to be a specific ship, anything is fine!! -Anonymous

Enigma - @neonlights92

After the death of your father leaves you in a lot of a debt to Bangtan - Seoul’s most nefarious crime syndicate - you are offered a way out: marry Min Yoongi - Bangtan’s most elusive member- and produce him an heir and your father’s debt will be forgotten. Without a choice, you are soon tied to a man who you are absolutely terrified of. But you cannot ignore the part of you that is thrilled by Yoongi. And what scares you the most isn’t the blood on his hands, or the gun he always carries in his pocket. It’s the things he’s capable of doing to your heart.

Hearing Voices - @persphonesorchid

Fate is working double-time to help these boys, sometimes it’s all too easy and then there are times when things get complicated. But, she’ll get it done, no problem!

Ride or Die - @ppersonna

there’s nothing in the world you wouldn’t do for Min Yoongi. (Bonnie & Clyde AU)

I'll Float Away - ^^

years after the breakup, yoongi, a successful award-winning rapper with an unhealthy addiction, finds your wedding invite on Facebook.

Spotlight - @secret-kpoplibrary

when shit hit the fan in y/n’s life she used it as the push she needed to finally leave her home and take a leap of faith landing her in one of the world’s busiest cities. Seoul, South Korea. Running from more than a couple dark secrets of her past y/n tries to move forward with her new life and not so lowkey friends she met over the past couple years, but you can’t outrun your past now, can you?

Ghost of You - ^^

“My feet don’t dance like they did with you”

Out of Love - ^^

“When did you fall out of love with me?”

Hello Paradise, My Name Is - @seokoloqy

Buried in the Earth where seasons did not exist, where all prosperous life perished, and Helios’s blinding light could not touch; you slept soundly in the arms of darkness.

Mint - ^^

you find yourself back in Hades when Spring turns to Fall, but this time you’re less than thrilled to see your husband after learning of his ex-lover, Minthe.

Aidoneus, My Love - ^^

Yoongi believes the mortal, Adonis, has stolen your heart, but he will never share his love with anyone else for as long as he is king of the underworld.

I Wanna Hold your Hand - @minisugakoobies

It’s hand-holding season, according to your roommate.

Bury Me - @tae-cup

“Someone who loves you wouldn’t do this” - Conan Gray (Family Line). Mafia!AU, Arranged Marriage, Angst, Fluff

Purr-haps I Like You - @taleasnewastime

You have a no pets policy where you live, but when you find a tiny kitten in a box on the side of the road, what can you do but bring it home with you? The only problem? The landlord who made the no pets rule, also happens to be your flatmate.

Dangerous Situation after an Argument - @thebangtancloud

Enemies to Friends(?)

Silent Treatment - ^^

Yoongi is upset with you because you don't give him time. That's until you come back home and don't walk straight into his arms like you usually do.

All the Things I Didn't Do - ^^

A series of unfortunate events leads to Yoongi asking you to leave, hurting you with words that he wished he never uttered. But what would he do when he finds out that you’ve gone missing? How can he find you when he’s all the way across the world? How can he tell you that he regrets letting you go?

A Kiss to Forever - @threeletterslife

You're only six years old when you meet Death himself. As you grow older with him faithfully by your side, you realize he should've taken you away then, years and years ago. Yet, he hadn't. He had given you another chance to live.

Sticky Notes - ^^

You and Yoongi aren't very good with words. But there's a perfect, nonverbal form of communication that might just help tie your relationship back together.

To Begin Again - @untaemedqueen

Hey. Can I please request a story where the reader is their new makeup artist and she falls in love with Yoongi after he rescues her from her boyfriend one night. And Jin is her best friend. Thank you so much!

The Deal - ^^

Drug Lord!Yoongi x Coffee Shop Owner!Reader

The Devil Skates on Thin Ice - @vankoya

The number one rule of Korea National Sports University is to never allow their elite figure skater and the captain of the ice hockey team be in the same room.

Unkept Promises - @xforeverweareyoungx

“Have you ever, even for a day, even for a moment.. loved me?”

Too Little Too Late - ^^

“I don’t think I can do this anymore, Yoongi..“

Greedy - @xjoonchildx

being a loner has never bothered yoongi until now. until you.

Close Call - ^^

burying your head in the sand won’t change the fact that the man you love walks a thin line between life and death. and sometimes you can’t outrun your worst fears.

Not Your Fairytale - @yeojaa

What do you do when you’ve called your wedding off but forgot to cancel your cake tastings? Why, you ask your brother’s grouchy best friend, of course.

#min yoongi #yoongi imagine #yoongi x y/n #yoongi x reader #yoongi smut #yoongi drabble #yoongi fluff #yoongi angst

[rose-tinted-vision]

Fic: Tales from Tianji Manor

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Relationships: implied Di Feisheng/Fang Duobing/Li Lianhua

chapter summary: Our local murderous gremlin gets exposed to motherly affection. He does not know how to deal with it.

“Where's Di Feisheng?” He Xiaohui asks at breakfast. The spot by Li Lianhua’s left was left conspicuously empty, which neither her son nor Li Lianhua seemed particularly concerned about.

Xiaobao shrugs, shovelling another mouthful of congee into his mouth.

Deeming her son useless in this topic, she turns to Li Lianhua, who gives a small cough, cheeks puffing in what she now recognizes is discomfort before answering, “Lao-Di does that sometimes. He comes and goes as he pleases, please don't worry, Sect leader He.”

Well. That was something to unpack.

She heard from Xiaobao that Di Feisheng came from the Di Family in the southeast region, that secretly conducted Death sorcerer training, creating trained assassins out of children. That explained his high martial skills, as well as his disregard towards social etiquette.

Though he was trying, she could see that. There are certain times where Di Feisheng paused, thinking through his words before suggesting murder to all their problems.

That was not the most pressing issue now, however.

“I told you to address me as ‘mom’,” she admonishes lightly, pushing a bowl of dough fritters towards Li Lianhua, who is careful not to agree but acknowledges her with a nod anyway.

It wasn't an outright refusal, she notes with a degree of satisfaction. She would work at slowly chipping away at his defences for now.

“And as for Di Feisheng, he'd better be back by evening, no one misses dinner here,” she fixes her Xiaobao with a glare.

“He usually disappears for a month though,” Xiaobao looks up in alarm, knowing full well she would make do on her threats, “even Hulijing is unable to track him down!”

“Nonsense, we have He Xiaofeng. Or have you forgotten how your xiaoyi managed to follow you all the way to Jin Mantang’s residence?”

“That was because this traitor set off a smoke flare!” Xiaobao gestures to Li Lianhua. (Who was currently stuffing his cheeks with pieces of dough fritters, the very picture of innocence and nothing like the 'traitor' he had just been accused of being).

“Also, are you calling my xiaoyi a tracking dog?” her Xiaobao huffs in mock indignation.

“You're the one calling her that, not me,” He Xiaohui says dismissively. Though her youngest sister does have a strange affinity for tracking people down, smoke flare or not, strangely enough.

—

(“Try calling for him,” Li Lianhua nudges Fang Xiaobao, who wrinkles his nose at the suggestion.

Li Lianhua shrugs, “it's worked before, no?”

In the end, Fang Duobing had volunteered himself to look for Di Feisheng, citing that the other would likely flee at seeing his xiaoyi. Not out of fear, but from guilt, that his taking her hostage had gotten her stabbed multiple times. He may have a morally gray compass, but he did have his own set of strict moral codes that he stuck to.

Fang Xiaobao pointedly ignores Li Lianhua's ribbing, holding out one of A-Fei’s sashes to Hulijing, who gives it a curious sniff before setting off northwards of the forest.

It wasn't until the sun started to set, painting the sky in various shades of pink, orange and yellow, with Fang Xiaobao muttering curses under his breath that Hulijing returned triumphant.

They eventually find him meditating by the waterfalls nestled in the forest, a lone figure clad in red stark against the cool grey of the cliffs. Hulijing bounds up to him, her barks rivalling the sounds of the crashing waters.

Standing there against the waterfalls that far eclipsed him in height as he pets Hulijing, Di Feisheng looked nothing like the monster in the stories teashop storytellers liked to spin.

Di Feisheng clearly had not expected his zhijis to come seeking him out, nor had he expected that He Xiaohui would be concerned about his absence. He did not know what to make of her demand that he be back for dinner, having managed to get by all his life alone. Never had anyone besides Li Lianhua fed him a meal without ulterior motives).

—

He Xiaohui is considering the merits of tearing up the offensive letter placed in front of her when attendant Xie rushes in, hastily announcing the return of her wayward son-in-law (to-be, but that was a moot point) and her sons.

“I'm famished!” Fang Xiaobao announces, waltzing into the dining hall with his zhijis trailing in behind him.

“Is there an issue?” Di Feisheng addresses her, taking the seat across Li Lianhua. It was hardly a conversation starter, but it was also not a straight ‘what do you want from me’ that his posture was radiating. She would give him points for that.

Unlike Fang Xiaobao, who had tore into his food with vigor upon sitting down, Di Feisheng had paid the veritable array of food no mind, posture tense and coiled for action, still wary after a week of residence in her Tianji Manor.

She had meant to put on her most stern expression, ready to grill them for being late, she really did. But Di Feisheng had looked so bewildered, so lost, his earlier collected demeanour gone when she replied that all she truly wanted was all her family members to be present during dinnertime.

“You…have fixed meal times?” Di Feisheng followed-up, sounding genuinely confused. The question has Li Lianhua subtly perking up in curiosity as well- and He Xiaohui’s heart aches.

That it was such a simple thing as having a meal together- that Di Feisheng likely never experienced -has her feeling choked up.

Truly, fate had not done right by these two men.

From the wet sheen in Fang Xiaobao's eyes, and the fond, almost tender expression he was sporting, she figures that he felt the same way too.

Not trusting herself to speak without breaking down into tears, He Xiaohui nods in response to Di Feisheng's expectant expression.

“Alright then,” Di Feisheng nods, deeming the answer satisfactory, “I shall try not to miss dinner.”

#afaik family dinners in Chinese households are A Given and quite important #i think this is the first fic where i wrote something more dfs centric #!! i do love A-Fei #just struggle with writing him a lil #mysterious lotus casebook fic #mysterious lotus casebook #di feisheng #difanghua #rose writes

[fromriches-tosin]

Here's some postwar thoughts:

-Levi passed out immediately after his comrades vanish, his body basically shutting down, and the Cadets all freak out, thinking they're going to lose Levi when he's made it this far! It hits Connie pretty hard because I imagine that poor kid is blaming himself for Levi's current state.

-They all sleep near eachother for a Long time. First in Levi's tent while he's recovering, then eventually under the same roof. They do this so when one of them wakes up from nightmares, they can see that everyone is alive. I imagine this lasts for almost 8 months to a year after the rumbling since they all went through so much. I imagine Levi and Reiner bond over being the two with most nightmares (oof).

- Of course, over time they start to heal and even find love. Levi being a protective father worried sits each one of the potential suitors down and makes sure he think they're worthy of his kids the cadets, even if it's between eachother (i.e ReiJean). No body isn't vibe checked by Levi.

-Eventually Levi and Annie talk of course (likely when hes seeing if she deserves Armin) and they have talks that should have been had years ago. Levi doesn't hate her, but he also doesn't exactly forgive her either.

-Weddings? They're all at eachothers. Sometimes just as guests, sometimes as best men/Maid of honors, or maybe even officiating. I like to imagine Levi walked Jean down the aisle eventually once he and Reiner marry.

-About 6 years after the rumbling, thr cadets all pool money together and buy Levi his teashop. This is the only time Levi ever cried INFRONT of the cadets and it wasn't because of a nightmare. I like to think they're all fairly regular or working there (batista Jean anybody?)

-Kids start coming around? Everyone is going to meet the kids, adopted or otherwise. And yes, they're all Aunt/Uncle to eachothers kids.

-Levi finds love? You bet all the cadets are now going to vibe check HIS s/o to make sure they're worthy of their Captain Dad. Partly as payback though too though. Levi is a little embarrassed but touched.

-Once they're lives all settle, they start to have what is essentially a family reunion/backyard BBQ every so often. These end up being everyone's favorite days because of how far they have all come. Sometimes it feels like someone is missing, but Jean likes to think this is what Eren wanted for them, even if his means were terrible.

Basically this is me spreading my found family/Dadvi agenda into the void.

More dad!Levi, hell yeah!!

I love all of that. Especially the idea of Levi and Reiner bonding – that's something I never really explored, and you have just given me some ideas. Just imagine the two of them sitting around a campfire at night, unable to fall asleep because of their nightmares. Reiner keeps sneaking careful glances in the direction where Jean is murmuring something in his sleep. Levi notices that and scolds him for thinking he's being sneaky. But eventually he warms up to Reiner enough to give him some very short and specific pointers on how to approach Jean if he's really being serious about wooing him.

He gives the most terrifying shovel talks.

Oh, Levi's conversation with Annie is something I'd love to witness. Jean forgave Reiner, Connie was able to forgive Gabi too, but Levi needs time – he can't help but see his dead comrades whenever he looks Annie in the eyes. I agree that he doesn't hate her. Levi is not someone to waste time on such emotions (Zeke is the exception that proves the rule). He knows why Annie did what she did. But it doesn't change the fact that Levi's loyalty still lies with Eld and the rest.

Jean is secretly terrified of the idea of a "traditional" wedding, especially the part about him being walked down the aisle. He agrees to do that only because Levi seems to be oddly invested in the whole thing. Jean realizes Levi wants to be included, and he would never refuse him. Oh, and the teashop! I love the idea of them working together again. Levi barking quiet orders, Jean sweating to get everything done as requested. Levi is as serious about his tea business as he was about the Titan slaying.

In general: yes, yes, yes to everything. 💜💜

#thanks for the ask ✨ #reijean #reiner x jean #veecanons

[domxmarvel]

Loyalty Part 4

Masterlist

Pairing: Zuko x male!Reader

Weeks later you were on a ship on your way to Ba sing se,part of it felt too good to be true. It felt too easy,like a dream. You were lost in thought when you noticed someone walk upto Zuko,on instinct you stood next to him. The man introduced himself as Jet and the two other people with him as Smellerbee and Longshot,claiming to be a part of some group called the freedom fighters. 

***

You had finally reached Ba sing se,the three of you started working at some tea shop. After one sip Iroh threw it out and took over making the tea. Soon after the teashop was filled with customers,and countless praises. Iroh was chatting with the owner,when the same man from the boat walked in.

"I'm tired of waiting! These three men are firebenders!" He shouted,pointing to the three of you. He drew his swords "I know they're firebenders, I saw the old man heating his tea!" He kept shouting.

"He works in a tea shop" One of the customers spoke

"He's a firebender! I'm telling you!" 

"Drop your swords, boy. Nice and easy" Jet moved closer.

"You'll have to defend yourself. Then everyone will know. Go ahead, show them what you can do" The customer who spoke,stood up and was about to draw his swords when Zuko grabbed them. 

"You want a show? I'll give you a show!" 

***

After the fight Jet was dragged away by some elite guards called the Dai li,and you never saw him again. Everything was going well,the three of you kept living under fake identities and no one suspected anything. It was like any other day in the teashop when Zuko pulled you to the side.

“We have a problem.”Iroh moved closer to hear “One of the customers is onto us. Don't look now but there is a girl over there at the corner table.She knows we're Fire Nation.”You glanced up “Didn't I say don't look?!”

“You're right, Zuko. I've seen that girl in here quite a lot. Seems to me she has quite a little crush on you.” Iroh spoke,you stepped away not wanting to hear. Neither of you had said anything since your encounter with Azula.

“What?” 

“Thank you for the tea.” The girl said,handing Zuko money “What's your name?”  

“My name's Lee.”

“My name's Jin. Thank you and ... well, I was wondering if you would like to go out sometime.” She asked, leaving both you and Zuko shocked but before he could respond Iroh did.

“He'd love to!”

“Great. I'll meet you in front of the shop at sundown.” You were bewildered by that girl,the fact that she was the one who asked was incredible. 

“Something’s bothering you”Iroh said,not as a question but a statement.Your mind was spiraling what were you supposed to say,you couldn’t tell him that you wished Zuko was with you instead.

“I don’t wanna talk about it”

“That’s alright,i’ll always be here if you do.”He gave you a smile 

***

A few days later Iroh was offered to open his own tea shop and move to the upper ring. He immediately accepted,you couldn’t remember the last time you saw him this happy. He was already planning and he had already suggested 40 different names. Zuko suddenly walked in

“How about the Jasmine Dragon? It's dramatic, poetic, has a nice ring to it.” Zuko held up a piece of paper

“The Avatar is here in Ba Sing Se and he's lost his bison.”

“We have a chance for a new life here.” You stood up “If you start stirring up trouble, we could lose all the good things that are happening for us.” 

“Good things that are happening for you! Have you ever thought that I want more from life than a nice apartment and a job serving tea?” Zuko raised his voice

“There is nothing wrong with a life of peace and prosperity. I suggest you think about what it is that you want from your life and why.”The last part made Zuko glance up and your eyes meet but he quickly looked away.

“I want my destiny.”

“What that means is up to you.”Zuko walked into another room

“I’m gonna talk to him” You walked into the room closing the door behind you. “Zuko, can I talk to you?” He sighed heavily and turned to face you. “Do you really want to go back?”You asked,moving closer. 

“Y/N i need to capture him,that’s the only way i could regain my honor”

“Zuko you have a decision to make,you don’t have to go back to chasing the avatar.”He avoided your eyes,but you put your hand on his cheek forcing him to look at you. “What do you want?”You felt his arm around you,pulling you closer.

“I want you”You pressed your lips against his.

When you woke up the next day both Iroh and Zuko were gone,just as you were about to head out to look for them when they walked in.

“Where did you go?”

“It’s a long story,I'll explain later,”Iroh said,Zuko was standing next to him. He looked almost pale.

“Zuko are you alright?”He looked dizzy and was stumbling a bit

“No,i don’t feel so good”You quickly caught him before he could fall.

***

“He is still burning up”

“I know something that’ll help but i’m missing some ingredients”

“Go,I'll stay with him”Iroh nodded and was quickly on his way,leaving you alone with Zuko.

“Y/N”He said,his voice barely over a whisper “Are you angry at me?”

“No,you made the right decision in the end”

#zuko x male reader #zuko x reader #zuko x male!reader #avatar zuko #zuko imagine #atla zuko #prince zuko #fire lord zuko #zuko fanfic #atla #atla imagine #atla x male!reader #atla x male reader #atla x reader #avatar: the last airbender #avatar the last airbender x reader

[m-jelly]

Consider:

Post-War Levi running his teashop, which happens to be across the street from a bakery with the most beautiful owner he's ever seen. And so Gabi makes it her life's mission to help the two get together.

Sweet treat across the street.

Levi x fem!reader

Canon world, post war, tea shop owning Levi, baker reader, fluff, romance, falling in love, Gabi setting things up, becoming a couple.

Gabi has noticed that since Levi fully set up his tea shop, he has been gazing out the window watching you. She wants Levi to be happy and knows he is falling in love. So, she starts setting up a few things so the two of you become a couple.

@ladycheesington @levisbrat25 @nyxiieluna @li-anne @galactict3a @youre-ackermine @thebobaprincess @2moth-anon2 @cypidity @notgoodforlife @demonsimp6 @nbinairyn

The way you smiled was so electrifying. The curves of your body are so alluring. As the sun shone on your hair it just sparkled. Everything about you was enchanting and perfect. Your lips were so plump and kissable. No matter how hard Levi tried, he couldn't stop thinking about how much he wanted to kiss you.

Gabi moved closer to Levi. "Levi?"

Levi dragged his eyes from you and looked at the young lady. "Mm? Something wrong?"

"Yes. I'm hungry for baked goods. Could you go buy some? I'll man the shop."

Levi's cheeks burned a deep red. "Mm...baked...goods..."

She grabbed the back of his chair and pushed. "Just a few things." She plopped a nice tin of tea on Levi's lap. "Maybe give her this." She hurried him outside. "Now go."

"Wh-what do I say?"

"Tell her she's sweet and pretty!"

He whined. "I can't say things like that."

Gabi walked around and faced Levi. "You have never liked anyone before. She's appeared out of nowhere and made you smile so much."

He smiled a little. "She's wonderful."

"You have to talk to her more. You've had lots of simple conversations with her, but you have to have more."

"I'll try my best."

She grinned. "Flirt with her. You've got this. You're the great Captain Levi! You love a girl, you go get her."

He nodded. "I will!"

She hurried back into the shop and smiled as Levi hesitated a moment before making his way over to you. "Go get her, Levi."

You walked out to a little girl, crouched down and gave her a little sweet bun with a cream filling. "It's on me. Enjoy, okay?"

She giggled. "Thank you!"

You looked up and felt your heart race. "Well, hello there Levi. How's business?"

Levi cleared his throat. "Good. H-How is it f-for you?"

"Really good." You pointed at the tea on his lap. "You want something sweet with that?"

"Is it you?" Levi went bright red at his words. "S-Sorry."

You giggled. "That was good."

"Y-Yeah?"

You hummed a laugh. "Come with me." You led the way into the shop and held the door open for him. You locked the door and turned the sign to closed. "It'll be just you and me. That okay?"

He smiled sweetly. "Y-Yes. I-I want that." He held up the tin. "F-for you!"

You took the tin and studied it. "Oh, this is amazing tea." You leaned down and kissed his cheek. "Thank you."

Levi locked eyes with you. "I want to kiss you." He put his head in his hands. "Sorry. I'm not good with my words."

"How am I supposed to kiss you when you cover your face up?"

Levi lowered his hands. "Wh-what?"

You knelt and leaned closer. "I have liked you for a while now. I was wondering if you liked me back. Now I know." You leaned all the way and lightly kissed him. "Would you like something sweet that isn't me?"

He laughed a little. "Please."

You stood up and waved him over. "This way. I'll get some tea and something freshly baked."

Levi stopped by the table and watched you get everything together. "You're really beautiful." He winced. "Sorry. I need to do better."

You sat down and held Levi's hand. "I think you're doing wonderful. You always get my heart racing."

"That's...that's good."

You giggled when he kissed the back of your hand. "So...shall we call this our first date?"

He smiled and nodded. "Yes. So, umm...last time we chatted a bit...you were talking about a book you were reading. I read it and loved it."

You smiled brightly. "That's great! I knew we had a few things in common."

"We have a lot in common." He played with your hand and talked with you for hours, the two of you kept eating and drinking tea. Levi released a long sigh. "I keep getting lost in your eyes." He winced. "That was bad."

"It was cute." You leaned closer. "You're cute." You kissed him and hummed in happiness when he kissed back with a need. You smiled and lightly caressed his cheek. "Can I take you on a date tomorrow?"

Levi nodded. "I'd like that."

#levi ackerman #levi #aot levi #snk levi #aot fanfiction #levi x you #fanfic #levi x y/n #levi fanfiction #levi x reader #jelly fanfics #captain levi ackerman x reader #captain levi #captain levi x you #captain levi x reader #captain levi fanfiction #levi x yn #levi attack on titan #levi aot #levi ackerman fic #levi ackerman fanfiction #levi ackerman attack on titan #levi ackerman aot #levi ackerman x female reader #levi ackerman x reader #levi ackerman x you #levi ackerman x y/n

[zhongrin]

Hello! Can I share a thought with you? I like to think a good chunk of the profits from the teahouse go to you traveling between Liyue, Fontaine and Sumeru. Because all your husbands have important jobs so they can’t leave the nation (funeral parlor consultant/ former archon, acting grand sage/ scribe who records events, warden of the fortress of meropide) easily. All your husbands are very influential so you’ll be safe in your travels! Zhongli has adepti keeping an eye out for you, Al-Haitham asks a rare favor from Cyno or Dehya, the melusines from Fontaine…

I also wonder how Wriothesley would react to you gifting a tea themed sticker book (even better if it’s a scented sticker book) so the melusines can stick them on him…

hskfjsldjslfjlsnd CUTE AAAAAA and most definitely!!! i love hearing other people's headcanons and thoughts, and not limited to the selfships either!!!

forgive me for i haven't brushed up on this knowledge for a while, but the teashop is somewhat connected to zhongli's adeptal realm, so i wonder...

if we had three teapots each in liyue, sumeru, and fontaine, technically speaking i could use the respective realm pass to travel inbetween the realms, like how friends or characters can visit your serenitea teapot, right? 👀 and i feel like even without the gnosis, surely zhongli can maintain two other little adeptal realms?

OMG TEA SCENTED STICKERS OMG WAIT THIS COULD BE SUCH A CUTE ADVERTISING MEDIUM TOO BRB DRAFTING A PROPOSAL TO SHOW THIS TO LI SO HE CAN APPROVE IT /silly

wriothesley would definitely let out an exasperated sigh even though he'd also be smiling and giving me a 'really-now' look while saying "if my gauntlet breaks, you're paying for the repair." lmaooo

#rin answers #rin is having tea with: song-of-storms162 #rin selfships #zhongwrinth #hehehe your asks are always so fun thank you for the brainrots aaaaaaaaa

[attackfish]

Hi there,

Do you have an AU where the Dai Li brainwash Azula?

I do in fact. Continued from: [Link].

1. Where we last left off, Azula and Mai were fully brainwashed, while Ty Lee's particular combination of skills and talents at fooling people into thinking she is less than she is, has allowed her to hide that she has kept some of herself back. Her thoughts feel slow and strange, and she feels far too inclined to obey, but she is still Ty Lee, not something she can say for Azula and Mai. Long Feng, the head of the people that did this to them has been in to see them, and Ty Lee carefully kept herself standing and reacting like Azula and Mai the the time. He spoke in front of them, to his agents. He talked about using Azula to kill the Firelord. He talked about ending the war.

2. It's so strange to see Azula powerless. It's strange, unnatural, deeply, unfathomably wrong to see Mai and Azula without anything animating them, their personalities, their selves, gone. Azula's cool smirk is gone. Mai's face is the wrong kind of blank. But with Azula, it's more than that. Ty Lee has spent so long afraid of her, so long watching every tiny change in expression, so long running away from her that she hasn't felt quite human to her for a while. She's more than that, bigger, more perfect. But here she is, brought low, rendered powerless, and Ty Lee can't help but feel a sick kind of relief. So much so that she almost misses what Long Feng's agent asks next, what are they going to to about General Iroh and Prince Zuko.

3. It's hard, so hard, to keep her expression fixed, as they discuss how to bring them in without tipping them off, how to brainwash them, and for what purpose. When Long Feng leaves, his agent follows, and their voices grow softer and softer as the length of bare metal hall between them grows longer and longer. But Ty Lee has gleaned one thing, Iroh and Zuko are in the city, close by, in the upper ring. She needs to get out to them. When they're left alone with their guard, Ty Lee waits until he is close enough, then jabs him hard in the back of the neck. He drops like a stone. When the next guard comes on rotation, he sees the dropped guard and unlocks the cell door to check on them. Ty Lee ambushes him, chi-blocks him, and steals his keys before running as fast as she can up to the surface.

4. One frantic sprint through the palace gardens, and up over the walls later, and she's in the upper ring. She has to act fast. She has to get to them before Long Feng's men figure out what she heard. But one thought trickles through her slow, syrupy mind: she doesn't know where they are, just... Somewhere in the upper ring.

5. She's still dressed in the uniform of a Kyoshi Warrior, minus the face paint and armor. She uses that, and asks around, as a newcomer, where she can find the tea-loving old man who was so nice to her the other day. Soon she is directed to a teashop called the Jasmine Dragon. She walks right in the front door, and there's Zuko, serving tea. She runs over to him and seizes him in a hug. He yells and hot tea and ceramic shards go everywhere.

#avatar the last airbender #ty lee #zuko #azula #dai li #posts i created #do you want to ask a question it doesn't have to be a question #five headcanons #mai doesn't hate you #azula needs her own warning #there is no war in ba sing se #circus freak is a compliment #zuko is a dweeby little turtleduck #i ship iroh/tea

[jeriafterdark]

813 - The Reprise - Part 9 - One Year onward and how 813 never stopped, + muting of CAPA clowns

Masterpost here

Long time no post! I'm much more active on my twitter, I mostly retweet updates on 813/JunZhe / my art and fan creations if you're wondering where I am.

So it's been one year since August 13, 2021, the day that ZZH was cancelled / bullied off the face of Chinese Entertainment.

Table of Contents:

813 never ended - a one year summary adding context as well as relating it to Zhang Sanjian / ZSJ, a weapon in CAPA's arsenal against Zhang Zhehan.

CAPA clowns muted on August 12, 2022.

Below is my thread from twitter, but with links and sources.

1. 813 never ended, and ZSJ proves that.

You may have thought that 813 ended with ZZH’s cancellation, but it never stopped. The big picture: the IG/ZSJ scandal is part of a corrupt industry-coordinated effort to effectively erase ZZH’s presence from entertainment, for good.

Since the airing of SHL/WOH and ZZH’s subsequent rise into fame, he had to endure many harsh rumors generated by malicious people planted in fandom or on the periphery. If you’ve followed QV/Blue/Flora’s posts recently, more and more people are being identified, who came out of the woodwork to contribute to these false rumors. I.e, the GF rumor on the boat that ZZH was on. There are many groups of individuals with connections to each other and to CAPA, i.e. the teashop / the Chens, Weibo Antis, Xie Yihua and co., and the Shenzhen Gang.

Flora's character sheet keeps track of all the characters here and she also keeps an updated map of how everyone is related (as of 21/08/08), from CAPA execs to the tea shop to the ehzz ZSJ brand.

Leading to July of 2021, the rumors became more and more vicious, attacking ZZH’s credibility as a graduate of Shanghai Theatre Academy, attacking his character, etc.

And it culminated in the industry-wide ban on August 13= “813”. Within 2 days, he and his 10 years of work were erased from Chinese entertainment.

Even during these tumultuous times, when long-time HaiZhe/ZZH solo fans told everyone to quiet down and let it blow over lest fandom makes it worse for him, some planted fans/antis in the fandom tried to stir the pot even more. (revealed recently by QV and co).

On November 23, CAPA released a ban list of 88 names including Kris Wu (a known star who broke the law) and Zhang Zhehan. It was later revealed that the meeting that decided these names was over in an hour and barely had any oversight or transparency.

Bc CAPA wasn’t transparent in how they came up with this industry-ban list, Director Li Xuezheng (Uncle Li/LXZ) stood up and started a movement of accountability. One hashtag on Weibo that I followed was “justice for the people,” which reached BILLIONS of interactions, and never once did it make it onto hot search. Weibo itself was in a fight behind the scenes between different parties, constantly muting and unmuting, deleting and restoring Uncle Li’s daily updates and videos, as well as his audio interview with ZZH himself.

(Update Aug 8, 2022) QV came out with information: The reason that Uncle Li couldn't get ZZH's case onto the hot search was because of the Chinese Cyberspace Admin (CAC). This gov org prevented them from reaching hot search in order to prevent CAPA from unleashing its 800 yxh accounts to smear Uncle Li and company. They were investigating water armies at the time.

They really wanted to get on Hot Search, they were planning to smear LXZ as someone who was trying to whitewash history. They had articles planned, water armies readied as well as "fans" and "righteous passerbys" prepared to stoke sentiments.

There are many parties still fighting behind the scenes that we are not privy to(#QuestionCAPA). It may seem like ZZH is quiet but it’s a strategic silence until his case is ready to be made public. Otherwise, it’s still ongoing and private.

Uncle Li had major success in turning the tide of public opinion, and ZZH finally submitted an official police report to the Beijing PD on Dec 24, 2021. His recorded interview with LXZ and other party members and lawyers was released on Dec 31, 2021.

ZZH maintained his innocence. There was no evidence of him committing wrongdoing, and he submitted himself to court. March 18, a leaked audio of ZH expressed how he has the will to fight for his name, his family, and his innocence despite the barrage of corrupt industry bans.

Now cue ZSJ👻 Because ZZH’s fandom was largely intact, the agents of CAPA behind 813 wanted to thoroughly destroy his chance of ever coming back + destroy his reputation via stealing his Instagram, which fueled the ZSJ scandals.

Jan 13- Uncle Li was muted

Jan 16- The ZSJ account emerged. (Check Ennis's ZSJ timeline)

This is not a coincidence, the perpetrators knew LXZ will be muted and prepared their Second Act, the ZSJ scandal to destroy ZZH. And so we have the constant infighting between ZSJ fans, ZZH fans, and CP fans. Have you noticed how toxic ZSJ fans are now? And on twitter, they keep trying to stir up trouble with us, hijacking our hashtags, etc.

It created a RIFT within ZZH’s main fandom. Looking at it with this big picture, can you see that this is all one WHOLE campaign against ZZH? Because they failed to destroy him completely on 813, they planned their Second Act with ZSJ to finish the job.

This is where things stand, the ZSJ accounts shill merch using commonly available apps/tech to impersonate ZZH. They have him talking sh-t about his former co-stars (never by name), burning his bridges. A professional would never do this if they wanted a chance at jobs again.

Through all of this, the characters never once mention "Gong Jun" or "Zhang Zhehan" and never claim to be them. Just to "hint" at them. Why? So their impersonation scandal can't be easily traced back to them, they have the defense of vague words, ambiguous names.

Gong Jun is suffering a constant barrage of anti attacks also related to CAPA and associates (as revealed day by day by Blue/Flora/QV). I'm sure he has been preparing for this eventuality since 813 last year, so I believe in his and his team to keep him safe.

813 never ended. It is CRUCIAL context to ZSJ and ZZH’s silence. Let’s wait. Believe that the real ZZH is who he always was: a strong, loving man who focuses on the kindness surrounding him rather than burning those who wronged him.

2. Many CAPA / Xie Yihua etc Minions were muted yesterday (Aug 11-12, 2022)

Many CAPA clowns' accounts were muted yesterday, right before 813. It is unknown if it was the government doing this, or if it's just another part of CAPA's scheme, only time will tell.

The EHZZ Brand account was wiped out (still there though) on Weibo.

CAPA minions like Tony Peng, Sanke, intern lawyer, have all been muted.

I have cautious optimism that this is a sign of better things to come, but only time will tell!

#813 #813 the reprise #813 summary #capa #xie yihua #uncle li #sanke #tony peng #intern lawyer #zhang zhehan #zsj

[chocomd]

ATLA rewatch thoughts, Book 2 (ep 17)

17) Lake Laogai: 

Iroh gets an offer to start his own teashop, and Zuko is...not excited. It’s his uncle’s dream, not his. Right now, Zuko is traveling his uncle’s path. Iroh may see his path as a desirable one, but he still recognizes that Zuko needs to find his own. Iroh: “There is nothing wrong with a life of peace and prosperity. I suggest you think about what it is that you want from your life and why.” Zuko: “I want my destiny.” Iroh: “What that means is up to you.”

Joo Dee, Long Feng, and Lake Laogai...the intrigue goes deep, and it’s one of the things that make the Ba Sing Se arc so amazing

JET!!!! Finding out with the Gaang that Jet has been brainwashed is so good every time, even though I already know what’s going to happen.

The Blue Spirit reappears, this time to capture Appa. The theme of yin/yang is very strong in Zuko’s character (dual swords, the burned and whole sides of his face, being the great-grandson of Avatar Roku and FL Sozin, eventually switching sides). The Blue Spirit seems to represent the yin (dark) side - he does shady things at night that Zuko the Fire Prince/fugitive would never be able to get away with. And it’s all in the name of fulfilling what Zuko thinks is his destiny, rather than what his destiny truly is. When Iroh angrily confronts him about trying to capture Appa, he says, “Is it your own destiny, or is it a destiny someone else has tried to force on you? Who are you, and what do you want?” Zuko has an internal crisis at this point, but he ultimately decides to set Appa free and throws away his Blue Spirit mask, in an attempt to discard that side of him. But as we see later, rejecting his “dark” half isn’t the answer - he must accept both halves to become whole.

We also see yin/yang in Jet, who tried to cast off his vigilante life for a fresh start in Ba Sing Se. But war and personal tragedy keep him from being able to let go of that part of himself, and him trying to recklessly fight Zuko in BSS gets him caught by the Dai Li and brainwashed. Now his dual identity shows up as Jet the reformed and Jet the brainwashed fighter. When Aang tries to get Jet to snap out of it, Long Feng says “He has no choice.” This is Jet’s ultimate tragedy - his life has been so scarred by war that he will never be free from the pain and anger that so relentlessly drive him. When Aang finally gets him to snap out of his brainwashing (“You don’t have to do this!”), Jet is punished for trying to break free.

#wow another meta 😅 #chocomd rewatches atla